$1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #40)

Carson Wieland raised from the button to 135,000 and he was called by Ayaz Mahmood who defended his big blind.

The     flop was dealt and Mahmood checked his option in the big blind. Wieland slowed down and he checked behind. The turn was the   and Mahmood put 300,000 in the middle. The dealer announced that the size of the pot was 295,000.

Wieland let his hand go after about half a minute and Mahmood took the pot down with his bet on the turn.

Ayaz Mahmood	2,300,000	100,000
Carson Wieland	930,000	30,000

Benjamin Ludlow just got eliminated in some heavy Benjamin on Benjamin violence. Ludlow got his last ten big blinds in the middle with      against the      of Benjamin Zamani.

The     flop was safe for Ludlow but he was left drawing to an ace after the   turn was dealt. The   did nothing for Ludlow and he was sent to the rail.

Benjamin Zamani	3,400,000	500,000
Benjamin Ludlow	0	-525,000

Out of the 1,216 players who took to the felt in pursuit of WSOP gold in Event #40: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha, 21 still remain in contention. Each player is guaranteed a payday of at least $8,807, but all eyes are on the top prize of $298,507.

Leading the way is Denis Bagdasarov who climbed to a stack of 3,035,000 on the very last hand of Day 2, busting two opponents in a gigantic pot and become the first player to cross the 3,000,000-chip mark.

Some WSOP champions are still in the hunt for a new trophy; two-time bracelets winner Benjamin Zamani (2,900,000), Steve Sung (1,450,000) and Norbert Szecsi (665,000) will both return for Day 3 action. Ayaz Mahmood, also the owner of a gold bracelet is in the run with 1,075,000.

Day 2 started with 200 players with 183 players reaching the money after an unfortunate Barny Boatman got eliminated by Mike Matusow at the bubble. Familiar names like Matt Stout (171th - $2,248), Ankush Mandavia (168th - $2,248), Brock Parker (128th - $2,357), Jan-Peter Jachtmann (87th - $2,991), Erik Seidel (82nd - $2,991) or Steven Wolansky (50th - $5,083) all cashed the tournament but failed to find a bag at the end of Day 2.

The players will begin to play at Level 26 which features a small blind of 25,000, big blind of 50,000 and the plan is to play down to six players. There will be a 15-minute minute break every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 31, at approximately 6:30 p.m.

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